RAF is a vital service for you and your business. By contributing, you are helping to protect the rights of REALTORS® and property rights through advocacy efforts, ballot measures, and candidate campaigns. We know COVID was a time of difficulty and uncertainty, but because of that, we need your support more than ever to help fight for the real estate industry. This year we face a major private property rights battle in San Jose – the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) – which, if enacted, will have far reaching negative consequences for REALTORS® and their clients on transaction timelines, ability to sell, reduced sales values for homes, and more. Furthermore, the policy will negatively impact the general public with larger bureaucracy, no increase in housing stock in a time of great demand, and no ability to financially pencil out for its declared purpose of preserving housing affordability. As we look towards the next election cycle in 2024, we face numerous critical political races, with elected allies to defend, property rights opponents to unseat, and open seats to win. Electing officials who support private property and successfully advocating on the issues are necessary to protect our industry, businesses, and community.